Which Brand ATi Radeon 9700 to go for?

[Nukester]

Hey Guys , was just wondering which brand is more efficient and really generally the best choice to go for out of these;

Crucial
Sapphire
Connect3d
Hercules

 

[10GHZ]

Built By ATI or Sapphire, Hurcules, PowerColor, Gigabyte
my personal preference will be BBA or Sapphire

 

[cheekybeast]

Tyan's 9700 pro's have a very large heatsink that covers the mem and gpu, and a higher rpm fan.

Hercules has a slightly nicer heatsink on the gpu, and small memory heatsinks


they both overclock well, while i heard the powercolor ones are at lower speeds, ATI, saphire, and gigabyte are the same I beleive.

 

[Ghostdog]

I have a 3D Prophet 9700Pro, and I´m very happy with it. Out of those, I would get the Hercules.

<font color=red>I´m starting to feel like a real computer consultant.</font color=red>

 

[Nukester]

What about Connect3D & Sapphire which one is better and why?